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Scotland council fined for ignoring asbestos warnings Asbestos Sampling Stirling council have been fined the sum of £10,500 for repeatedly ignoring safety warnings regarding asbestos in their headquarters building. Council chiefs had known about the asbestos in the basement of the Old Viewforth building for over 9 years. Yet despite knowing about the asbestos lagged […]
Read the full article | Published Mar 27, 2017
Bedfordshire contractor fined after failing to carry out asbestos assessment A contractor from Bedfordshire has received a fine following a demolition job on a building he was responsible for, failing to carryout asbestos assessments. He was fined for failing to carry out an asbestos assessment of the removal work. Anthony West did arrange for a pre-demolition […]
Read the full article | Published Mar 20, 2017
UK Governments compensation scheme for Mesothelioma cancer sufferers Official figures show that over £84 million has been awarded in compensation to sufferers of the asbestos related disease, Mesothelioma, and their families. This is due to a government scheme that was introduced in April 2014. The scheme is known as DMPS, Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme. Statistics […]
Read the full article | Published Mar 14, 2017
Protect your workers from Asbestos Construction workers being exposed to asbestos is a huge concern, as unlike gaining an injury on site, with asbestos, it takes many years for any physical symptoms of the illness to show. There are an increasing number of people being affected by asbestos exposure, with approximately 5000 cases of asbestos […]
Read the full article | Published Mar 07, 2017
In order to create winter scenes in many old Hollywood movies, film makers used pure white asbestos fibers to replicate the look of snow. Up until the late 1920’s, film makers were known to use various methods to try and create the illusion of snow. These methods included cotton batting, salt and flour. But cotton […]
Read the full article | Published Feb 21, 2017
